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<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><i><b>Kayan</b></i> is one of the many tribes of <a href="/index.php?title=Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> who practice body modification. BME has some examples of their tattoos from the <a href="/index.php?title=Sarawak_Museum" title="Sarawak Museum">Sarawak Museum</a>. Among the Kayans, women are normally the tattoo artists. <a class="external autonumber" href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0618_040618_tvtattoo_2.html" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>
'''''Kayan''''' is one of the many tribes of [[Borneo]] who practice body modification. BME has some examples of their tattoos from the [[Sarawak Museum]]. Among the Kayans, women are normally the tattoo artists. [https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/06/0618_040618_tvtattoo_2.html [1]]
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<table class="toc" id="toc"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Thigh_pieces"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Thigh pieces</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Dogs"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Dogs</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Lukut"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext"><i>Lukut</i></span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Others"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Others</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Related_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Related Articles</span></a></li>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Thigh_pieces">Thigh pieces</span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:145px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Sihong.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="124" src="/images/0/02/Sihong.jpg" width="143"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Sihong.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div><b>Sihong</b></div></div></div>
<p><i><b>Sihong</b></i> is the term for the repeated design of thigh tattoos for Kayan women, and the type of sihongs and where they are placed can tell the class of the woman. <i><b>Ida telo</b></i> is the three-ligned pattern tattooed on the back of the thigh of a slave class woman. Middle class woman wore a four-lined pattern <i><b>ida pat</b></i> on the back of their thighs as well. <i><b>Ida tuang</b></i> or <i><b>ida lima</b></i> is for the back of the thigh of a woman of high rank. <i><b>Uma lekan</b></i> is also another design worn on the back of the high class. Women of high class can also have an <i><b>uma pliau</b></i> tattooed on their front and sides as well.
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:101px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Ida-Telo.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="380" src="/images/f/f0/Ida-Telo.jpg" width="99"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Ida-Telo.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div><b>Ida Telo</b>: From a <a class="new" href="/index.php?title=Tatu&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Tatu (page does not exist)">tatu</a> block in the <a href="/index.php?title=Sarawak_Museum" title="Sarawak Museum">Sarawak Museum</a> (No. 1661 Brooke Low Collection)</div></div></div>
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:87px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Ida-Tuang.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="368" src="/images/6/6e/Ida-Tuang.jpg" width="85"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Ida-Tuang.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div><b>Ida Tuang</b>/<b>Ida Lima</b>: Note the <a href="/index.php?title=Hornbill" title="Hornbill">hornbill</a> heads at the top of the design. From a tatu block in the <a href="/index.php?title=Sarawak_Museum" title="Sarawak Museum">Sarawak Museum</a> (No. 166 Brooke Low collection)</div></div></div>
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Ida-Pat.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="594" src="/images/thumb/7/78/Ida-Pat.jpg/180px-Ida-Pat.jpg" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:Ida-Pat.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div><b>Ida Pat</b>: From a tatu block in the <a href="/index.php?title=Sarawak_Museum" title="Sarawak Museum">Sarawak Museum</a> (No. 1434)</div></div></div>
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<td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UmaPliau.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="815" src="/images/thumb/e/e2/UmaPliau.jpg/180px-UmaPliau.jpg" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:UmaPliau.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div><b>Uma Pliau</b>:The separate parts represent <i>tushun tura</i>, <i>tuba root</i>; <i>jalaut</i>, fruit of the Plukenetia corniculata; and <i>kowit</i>, interlocking hooks. From a tatu block in the collection of Charles Hose.</div></div></div>
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<td> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:182px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UmaPliau2.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="886" src="/images/thumb/7/74/UmaPliau2.jpg/180px-UmaPliau2.jpg" width="180"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a class="internal" href="/index.php?title=File:UmaPliau2.jpg" title="Enlarge"><img alt="" height="11" src="/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png" width="15"/></a></div>Another <b>Uma Pliau</b> represents <i>tushun tura</i>, <i>dulang harok</i>, bows of a boat, <i>ulu tingang</i>, a hornbill's head, and <i>beliling bulan</i>, full moons.</div></div></div>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Dogs">Dogs</span></h2>
<p><i><b>Udo Asu</b></i> are traditional <strong class="selflink">Kayan</strong> <a href="/index.php?title=Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> tattoos of dog designs (Kayan). These designs are from tatu-blocks in the <a href="/index.php?title=Sarawak_Museum" title="Sarawak Museum">Sarawak Museum</a>.
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:109px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UduAsu1.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="286" src="/images/c/ce/UduAsu1.jpg" width="107"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption">Designed for the thigh of a man.</div></div></div>
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:90px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UduAsu2.jpg"><img alt="UduAsu2.jpg" class="thumbimage" height="204" src="/images/c/c6/UduAsu2.jpg" width="88"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"></div></div></div>
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:104px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UduAsu3.jpg"><img alt="UduAsu3.jpg" class="thumbimage" height="209" src="/images/8/88/UduAsu3.jpg" width="102"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"></div></div></div>
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:140px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UduAsu4.jpg"><img alt="UduAsu4.jpg" class="thumbimage" height="224" src="/images/0/0b/UduAsu4.jpg" width="138"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption"></div></div></div>
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<td><div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:129px;"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:UduAsu5.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="284" src="/images/7/79/UduAsu5.jpg" width="127"/></a> <div class="thumbcaption">This is a double dog design for the outside of a man's thigh.</div></div></div>
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Lukut"><i>Lukut</i></span></h2>
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<td> <a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Lukut1.jpg"><img alt="Lukut1.jpg" height="82" src="/images/6/67/Lukut1.jpg" width="95"/></a>
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<td> <a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Lukut2.jpg"><img alt="Lukut2.jpg" height="67" src="/images/1/10/Lukut2.jpg" width="66"/></a>
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<td> <a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Lukut3.jpg"><img alt="Lukut3.jpg" height="116" src="/images/f/f5/Lukut3.jpg" width="61"/></a>
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<ul><li>The design tattooed on the wrists is termed <i><b>lukut</b></i>, i.e. an antique bead much valued by the Kayans, and the significance of the designs is of some interest. When a man is ill, it is supposed that his soul has escaped from his body, and when he recovers it is supposed that his soul has returned to him; to prevent its departure on some future occasion the man will "tie it in" by fastening around his wrist a piece of string on which is threaded a lukut or antique bead, some magic apparently being considered to reside in the bead. However, the string can get broken and the bead lost, wherefore it seems sager to tattoo a representation of the bead on the part of the wrist which it would cover if actually worn. It is of interest to note also that the lukut from having been a charm to prevent the second escape of the soul has come to be regarded as a charm to ward off all disease, and the same applies to its tattooed representation.
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<h2> <span class="mw-headline" id="Others">Others</span></h2>
<ul><li><i><b>Tuang nganak</b></i> is a traditional Kayan tattoo design representing a dog with pups.
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<div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:Tuang_nganak-1.gif"><img alt="Tuang nganak-1.gif" height="128" src="/images/7/7c/Tuang_nganak-1.gif" width="208"/></a></div></div>
<ul><li>The image <b>Kayan</b> <i><b>(Rejang R.)</b></i> is an unknown Kayan design, but is obviously related to the tribe's thigh pieces with its sihong structure. <div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:RejangR.jpg"><img alt="RejangR.jpg" height="382" src="/images/4/4f/RejangR.jpg" width="85"/></a></div></div>
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</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Borneo_Rose" title="Borneo Rose">Borneo Rose</a>
</li><li><a href="/index.php?title=Lasat_Mata" title="Lasat Mata">Lasat Mata</a>
</li><li><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Dog_Designs" title="Dog Designs">Dog Designs</a>
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== Contents ==
* 1 [[#Thigh pieces|Thigh pieces]]
* 2 [[#Dogs|Dogs]]
* 3 [[#Lukut|Lukut]]
* 4 [[#Others|Others]]
* 5 [[#Related_Articles|Related Articles]]


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== Thigh pieces ==
[[File:Sihong.jpg|thumb|right|'''Sihong''']]
'''''Sihong''''' is the term for the repeated design of thigh tattoos for Kayan women, and the type of sihongs and where they are placed can tell the class of the woman. '''''Ida telo''''' is the three-ligned pattern tattooed on the back of the thigh of a slave class woman. Middle class woman wore a four-lined pattern '''''ida pat''''' on the back of their thighs as well. '''''Ida tuang''''' or '''''ida lima''''' is for the back of the thigh of a woman of high rank. '''''Uma lekan''''' is also another design worn on the back of the high class. Women of high class can also have an '''''uma pliau''''' tattooed on their front and sides as well.
 
[[File:Ida-Telo.jpg|center|thumb|'''Ida Telo''': From a [[tatu]] block in the [[Sarawak Museum]] (No. 1661 Brooke Low Collection)]]
[[File:Ida-Tuang.jpg|center|thumb|'''Ida Tuang'''/'''Ida Lima''': Note the [[hornbill]] heads at the top of the design. From a tatu block in the [[Sarawak Museum]] (No. 166 Brooke Low collection)]]
[[File:Ida-Pat.jpg|center|thumb|'''Ida Pat''': From a tatu block in the [[Sarawak Museum]] (No. 1434)]]
[[File:UmaPliau.jpg|center|thumb|'''Uma Pliau''':The separate parts represent ''tushun tura'', ''tuba root''; ''jalaut'', fruit of the Plukenetia corniculata; and ''kowit'', interlocking hooks. From a tatu block in the collection of Charles Hose.]]
[[File:UmaPliau2.jpg|center|thumb|Another '''Uma Pliau''' represents ''tushun tura'', ''dulang harok'', bows of a boat, ''ulu tingang'', a hornbill's head, and ''beliling bulan'', full moons.]]
 
== Dogs ==
'''''Udo Asu''''' are traditional '''Kayan''' [[Borneo]] tattoos of dog designs (Kayan). These designs are from tatu-blocks in the [[Sarawak Museum]].
 
[[File:UduAsu1.jpg|thumb|center|Designed for the thigh of a man.]]
[[File:UduAsu2.jpg|thumb|center]]
[[File:UduAsu3.jpg|thumb|center]]
[[File:UduAsu4.jpg|thumb|center]]
[[File:UduAsu5.jpg|thumb|center|This is a double dog design for the outside of a man's thigh.]]
 
== Lukut ==
[[File:Lukut1.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:Lukut2.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:Lukut3.jpg|thumb|right]]
 
* The design tattooed on the wrists is termed '''''lukut''''', i.e. an antique bead much valued by the Kayans, and the significance of the designs is of some interest. When a man is ill, it is supposed that his soul has escaped from his body, and when he recovers it is supposed that his soul has returned to him; to prevent its departure on some future occasion the man will "tie it in" by fastening around his wrist a piece of string on which is threaded a lukut or antique bead, some magic apparently being considered to reside in the bead. However, the string can get broken and the bead lost, wherefore it seems sager to tattoo a representation of the bead on the part of the wrist which it would cover if actually worn. It is of interest to note also that the lukut from having been a charm to prevent the second escape of the soul has come to be regarded as a charm to ward off all disease, and the same applies to its tattooed representation.
 
== Others ==
* '''''Tuang nganak''''' is a traditional Kayan tattoo design representing a dog with pups.
 
[[File:Tuang_nganak-1.gif|thumb|center]]
 
* The image '''Kayan''' '''''(Rejang R.)''''' is an unknown Kayan design, but is obviously related to the tribe's thigh pieces with its sihong structure.
[[File:RejangR.jpg|thumb|center]]
 
== Related Articles ==
* [[Borneo]]
* [[Hornbill]]
* [[Borneo Rose]]
* [[Lasat Mata]]
* [[Dog Designs]]

Latest revision as of 21:51, 25 September 2023

Kayan is one of the many tribes of Borneo who practice body modification. BME has some examples of their tattoos from the Sarawak Museum. Among the Kayans, women are normally the tattoo artists. [1]

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Thigh pieces

Sihong

Sihong is the term for the repeated design of thigh tattoos for Kayan women, and the type of sihongs and where they are placed can tell the class of the woman. Ida telo is the three-ligned pattern tattooed on the back of the thigh of a slave class woman. Middle class woman wore a four-lined pattern ida pat on the back of their thighs as well. Ida tuang or ida lima is for the back of the thigh of a woman of high rank. Uma lekan is also another design worn on the back of the high class. Women of high class can also have an uma pliau tattooed on their front and sides as well.

Ida Telo: From a tatu block in the Sarawak Museum (No. 1661 Brooke Low Collection)
Ida Tuang/Ida Lima: Note the hornbill heads at the top of the design. From a tatu block in the Sarawak Museum (No. 166 Brooke Low collection)
Ida Pat: From a tatu block in the Sarawak Museum (No. 1434)
Uma Pliau:The separate parts represent tushun tura, tuba root; jalaut, fruit of the Plukenetia corniculata; and kowit, interlocking hooks. From a tatu block in the collection of Charles Hose.
Another Uma Pliau represents tushun tura, dulang harok, bows of a boat, ulu tingang, a hornbill's head, and beliling bulan, full moons.

Dogs

Udo Asu are traditional Kayan Borneo tattoos of dog designs (Kayan). These designs are from tatu-blocks in the Sarawak Museum.

Designed for the thigh of a man.
UduAsu2.jpg
UduAsu3.jpg
UduAsu4.jpg
This is a double dog design for the outside of a man's thigh.

Lukut

Lukut1.jpg
Lukut2.jpg
Lukut3.jpg
  • The design tattooed on the wrists is termed lukut, i.e. an antique bead much valued by the Kayans, and the significance of the designs is of some interest. When a man is ill, it is supposed that his soul has escaped from his body, and when he recovers it is supposed that his soul has returned to him; to prevent its departure on some future occasion the man will "tie it in" by fastening around his wrist a piece of string on which is threaded a lukut or antique bead, some magic apparently being considered to reside in the bead. However, the string can get broken and the bead lost, wherefore it seems sager to tattoo a representation of the bead on the part of the wrist which it would cover if actually worn. It is of interest to note also that the lukut from having been a charm to prevent the second escape of the soul has come to be regarded as a charm to ward off all disease, and the same applies to its tattooed representation.

Others

  • Tuang nganak is a traditional Kayan tattoo design representing a dog with pups.
Tuang nganak-1.gif
  • The image Kayan (Rejang R.) is an unknown Kayan design, but is obviously related to the tribe's thigh pieces with its sihong structure.
RejangR.jpg

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